First-year high school STEM teacher Shasta Charlton of Nashville, Tennessee, earns coveted 2019 Amazon Future Engineer Teacher award.

It isn’t often that a first year teacher is singled out for special recognition for their work in the classroom. But this is what happened to Shasta Charlton, a high school STEM teacher from Nashville, Tennessee. She has earned a coveted Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year award for 2019. The recognition comes with $50,000 in classroom technology for her classroom. Shasta was one of ten exceptional educators to win an Amazon award in 2019.

Shasta earned her degree at Tennessee State University. She teaches computer science 10th through 12th grade at Whites Creek Comprehensive High School. She also serves as the advisor for her school’s Robotics Club.

“Mrs. Charlton is a first-year teacher whose passion and dedication go beyond her subject matter expertise by helping students achieve more than they thought possible,” declared Jeremiah Davis, Principal at Whites Creek. “She challenges students through exposure to various industries and technology while providing the support and encouragement needed for students to excel,” he continued. “Amazon’s extreme generosity will continue to fuel exposure and success for Whites Creek Cobras in technological arenas,” the principal concluded.

Charlton was selected among thousands of teachers and Amazon said she was recognized for going above and beyond to inspire her students to build skills in computer science, and to promote diversity and inclusion in the field, in their classroom and beyond.

To read more about Shasta Charlton, see this article published by the Tennessee State University Newsroom.